MY Story

I’m sharing my story to not only inspire you to believe in your own dream life but to help you see we are not all that different. Once I found the keys to success, I made it my mission to share them with other inspired go-getters like you.

MY Story

I’m sharing my story to not only inspire you to believe in your own dream life but to help you see we are not all that different. Once I found the keys to success, I made it my mission to share them with other inspired go-getters like you.

My journey to living the Dream Life

My journey to living the Dream Life has been filled with more plot twists, tears and celebrations than an episode of American Idol, I must admit.

Once upon a time, I was living the good ole small town life in Wisconsin.

I’ve always been about setting Big Goals and chasing after them AND I love my school supplies, so after college, I became an Academic Advisor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (yay cubicle and retirement plan…)

Soon I found myself offering college students 50 majors to choose from (read: 50 prescribed boxes they could try and fit all of their unique interests, talents, and dreams into). I knew there was more of all of us.

In a rush of optimistic ambition and craving for MORE LIFE I turned in my pink slip to my Dream College, packed up the best of everything I owned, gave away the rest and moved my entire life to the Sunshine State for a position at an Education Startup.

Exciting!

But… once I arrived I found myself alone, in a new place a million miles away, and the job was suddenly… Gone.

oofta! 😦 It was do or die time.

Before everything started to click for me, I was stuck in a frustrating and draining routine of trying to do EVERYTHING by myself day-in-day-out, working with clients, executing marketing strategies (which looked a lot like throwing darts around, hoping some would stick), copy and pasting other leaders’ ideas and consuming entrepreneurial e-books like they were zero calorie brownies, and feeling like the harder I worked the less I got in return…

“My 8 year old self would be kicking me if she knew I had just reached a comfortable plateau and settled.”

“My 8 year old self would be kicking me if she knew I had just reached a comfortable plateau and settled.”

Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t totally miserable….

The reality was that compared to most other people, I was actually making a good income of around $5,000 every month doing a lot of what I loved, and feeling fairly free to spend my time grocery shopping at 11am, and napping at 2pm.

But I wasn’t FULFILLED!

It just wasn’t enough for me. I not only wanted more, I knew I was destined for more. My 8 year old self would be kicking me if she knew I had just reached a comfortable plateau and settled!

NO!

I didn’t want to just pay bills, buy organic greens, and take trips anymore. I wanted to leave a BIGGER LEGACY.

Spinning on the hampster wheel of thinking of new offers, booking calls with leads, being completely attached to my phone and earning $5,000 month in and month out was not for me.

That wasn’t going to be my story.Things needed to change drastically if I was ever going to be able to feel fulfilled and energized by my life and my career.

I sensed I was playing too small, and I didn’t want to wait any longer to expand my mission and actually impact THE WORLD (not just my email list or followers).

And although there were moments of FEAR, I was not going to be the girl that made excuses like “I don’t know enough”, “I don’t have enough money”, “I’m not an expert yet”…. Because I knew those were limiting beliefs I needed to leap over.

So what did I do?!…

I pulled up my skirt, and started treating my business not like a “side hustle/stay at home option”, but rather as a GLOBAL MOVEMENT.

My decision to play big took me farther and farther out of my comfort zone as I started putting myself on live videos, standing on stages, and spending more money in a few weeks than I had on all my cars put together (EEK…)

The days of pestering people in Facebook, scrolling and trying to interact with everyone and their sister, and “just showing up” to events and online groups ENDED.

I built a strategy that would have those folks lining up to talk with me!

Plus, I fine tuned my mindset, and chose to act AS IF I were the influencer and leader I aspire to be.

Not all of this was all my idea, of course!

Along the way was a team of mentors to guide me in the transition from consumer to creator online. They helped me dream bigger, automate my busy work, delegate my stressors, and create a business around my dream life.

It really did take a tribe, and I am so grateful for all of the coaches that contributed to the place I am in now.

Because I was coachable and READY to make changes, my business grew quickly to 6 figures. My clients started getting better results as well. I found myself working less hours, and realizing that I had found a “simple sauce” that I could share with others…

Today, Dream Life looks a lot like my initial vision board…

I work with inspired go-getters, accompanying them into their big visions for themselves.

I came to understand that the more money I earned, the more I was able to support the causes I cared about, help the people I love, and wake up with true ABUNDANCE and GENEROSITY in my heart.

Now, I go to sleep with visions of education, reform and travel — rather than fear of my clients not getting results, or wondering “have I done enough”? There is no guilt behind taking days off, or even earning more money than I ever imagined was possible.

What does it look like for me?

But the short of it is, my fiance and I live in Northern California, with our dog, Madison. We love to take urban hikes to breweries, parks, etc, and are always on the hunt for Mexican food. He meditates daily, does the laundry, and cooks. And I go to the gym, work from home (or wherever we are) and grocery shop. “Real Life” is pretty normal day to day, except for we now have the freedomto buy as much organic produce travel when we feel like it.

What does it look like for me?

Well, the gram will probably be the best place to get the answer to that question… @hannahermanson_

But the short of it is, my fiance and I live in Northern California, with our dog, Madison. We love to take urban hikes to breweries, parks, etc, and are always on the hunt for Mexican food. He meditates daily, does the laundry, and cooks. And I go to the gym, work from home (or wherever we are) and grocery shop. “Real Life” is pretty normal day to day, except for we now have the freedomto buy as much organic produce travel when we feel like it.

No more hustling!

We now know that the hours we “work” do not define the impact we are leaving in the world.

No more hustling all day, or trying to convince people that Dream Life REALLY is Real Life. No attachment to the phone, no more “when are we actually going to have ‘quality time’?”, no more “we never see or hear from you, Hanna”…

I am present in my Dream Life. And I am allowing others to do the same by amplifying my impact, increasing my income, and grinding less!

My mission is to give you the lessons, tools, hand-holding and shortcuts I have accumulated on the journey here.